Ashpole Presbyterian Church

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Ashpole Presbyterian Church
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Location192 Ashpole Church Rd., near Rowland, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°33′0″N79°18′37″W / 34.55000°N 79.31028°W / 34.55000; -79.31028 Coordinates: 34°33′0″N79°18′37″W / 34.55000°N 79.31028°W / 34.55000; -79.31028
Area7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built1860 (1860)-1865
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 82001302 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 19, 1982

Ashpole Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located near Rowland, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1860 and is a two-level, three bay by five bay, Greek Revival style frame church. It features an octagonal belfry with a concave cap roof that rests on a tall, square base. At the rear of the church is a modern educational building. Also on the property are the contributing 1+12-story manse, a square hip-roofed well house, and two-story barn. [2] [3]

Ashpole Presbyterian Church was established in 1796, the merging of Ashpole Meeting House and Shoe Heel Church. The Ashpole community from which the church took its name dated from 1750, and was settled by English, Welsh, and Scottish settlers. Some early preachers delivered their services in Gaelic to benefit the non-English speakers in the congregation. The church was built on land owned by James Robert Adair; a marker in his memory sits in front of the church. [4]

The original Ashpole Church building was a log structure, with hand-hewn pine timbers held together with pegs and handmade nails. The current structure was constructed in 1860, and includes a second-floor gallery used for worship services by slaves during the Civil War years. During the Civil War, both Union and Confederate forces used the church for religious services as well as a hospital.

 Ashpole Presbyterian Church founded a Ladies Missionary Society in 1885, sending female members of the congregation to Oklahoma in the 1890s and Korea in 1909 to spread the gospel.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

Robeson County Heritage Book Committee, Our Heritage: Robeson County, North Carolina, 1748-2002 (2002)

C. J. McCallum and Lucie M. McCallum, Historical Sketch of Ashpole Presbyterian Church, Rowland, North Carolina, 1796-1996 (1996)

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Edward F. Turberg and Wilson Angley (September 1980). "Ashpole Presbyterian Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  3. Zachary Fulmore, Annals of the Ashpole Community, 1750-1814 (1912).
  4. "Robeson County Markers and Monuments". National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in The State of North Carolina. Retrieved 18 November 2021.